Official statements, public updates and development news from the Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives.
Islamabad, July 4, 2025: Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Prof. Ahsan Iqbal, chaired the 6th meeting of the Task Force on Pay Scale Reform aimed at attracting and retaining top talent in Pakistan’s higher education sector. The meeting reviewed progress on proposal...
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Leveraging Private Capital and Expertise Can Ensure Delivery of Critical National Projects, Ahsan Iqbal Chairs 39th Board Meeting of P3A July 3, 2025 Islamabad: The Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal chaired the 39th meeting of Board of Directors of the ...
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Islamabad – July 3, 2025: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP), in its meeting held in Islamabad and chaired by the Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Ahsan Iqbal, approved six education sector projects with a t...
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Islamabad, July 2, 2025: Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Prof. Ahsan Iqbal, visited the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) where he was given a comprehensive presentation on the dynamic data collected by PBS during the historic first digital census and other census...
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July 2, 2025 Islamabad: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal, chaired a high-level meeting on population management, terming population management “a matter of national emergency” and urging immediate, coordinated national action. “Population planni...
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July 2, 2025 Islamabad: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal chaired a meeting with officers from the Ministry of Industries and Production, Board of Investment and Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation to review the progress of the high-priority Karachi Industrial Park project. The CEO of Pakistan ...
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July 1, 2025 Islamabad: The Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal chaired a meeting with Ministry of Communications, National Highway Authority (NHA) and Frontier Works Organization (FWO) officials to review the progress of the N-25 project. During the meeti...
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1 July 2025 Islamabad: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Professor Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday emphasized the urgency of a unified and comprehensive national approach to tackle the alarming rise in diabetes cases across the country. Chairing the second meeting of the St...
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Islamabad, June 23, 2025 — In a landmark recognition of knowledge leadership, Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Prof. Ahsan Iqbal was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 6th Vice Chancellors’ Forum of Universities in the Islamic World, held at Rabat, Mor...
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Islamabad | June 20, 2025: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal, paid a visit to the under-construction National Police Hospital located in Sector H-11, Islamabad. He was accompanied by Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry, Inspector General of Isl...
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Islamabad, 20th June 2025: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP), in a meeting chaired by the Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, Ahsan Iqbal, approved 5 different development projects. Out of these, two projects wi...
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June 19, 2025 Islamabad: Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal hosted a senior Chinese delegation in Islamabad for a luncheon meeting aimed at boosting cooperation under the second phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The event, held at the CP...
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